Please join us on Saturday, February 8th, at 2 p, at the Hungarian Museum for the first of our 2025 Spring programs! Our presenter will be Dr. Márta Perszlényi Pintér, Professor in the Classical and Modern Languages Department of John Carroll University. Love! From blissful heights of joy to the depths of longing, melancholy, heartache, […]
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September’s program was well-received
Connie Hampton Connally gave the first lecture in the Cleveland Hungarian Museum’s fall series on Saturday, the 14th. She is well-known to our Cleveland community. She introduced her first novel, The Songs We Hide several years ago. It is set in one of the darkest periods of Hungarian history, in the early 1950s, where two people connect and find […]
Folk dancers from Hungary visit our Museum
On October 25th, Friday afternoon, members of the Angyalföldi Vadrózsa folk dance group visited our Museum. They came to Cleveland as part of a multi-city tour, and performed at John Carroll University on Saturday evening, October 26th, as part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the Bocskai Radio program.They were beyond outstanding, mesmerizing everyone with their energy, […]
What a wonderful evening supporting the mission of the Hungarian Museum!!!
Friday evening, October 11, was a wonderful evening for those who attended the Vintner Dinner. The Vintner Dinner is the primary fundraising event for our Museum, and it has become the primary opportunity to taste fine Hungarian wines that are not available in the wine stores around the Cleveland area. Our Honoree this year was […]
Hungarian School Field Trip
Monday evening , October 14th, was a special occasion because a group of students from the Cleveland Hungarian School and their teachers came to visit the Museum. This field trip was organized by the School’s principal, Endre Szentliralyi. Some of the students spent time hunting for answers to questions as they explored the exhibits. Others […]
Middle school students visit the Museum.
On July 17th, members of our Board, our curator and our librarian, along with some gracious volunteers, welcomed some special guests to our Museum. As Eva Szabo reported to our Board, “we had the good fortune to see 18 middle school members, some counselors and two adult teachers from the Western Reserve Academy in Hudson. […]
Join us for the “Great American Pastime” with a Hungarian flavor!
Save the date! Friday evening, June 28th, at the Lake County Captains Classic Auto Group Park in Eastlake, Ohio. We are proud to co-sponsor this event with the Hungarian Cultural Center of Northeast Ohio and the William Penn Association, Check out the QR code or the website on the flyer, and we will see you […]
May’s program on the history of Hungarian Theater was excellent!
Saturday, May 11th was a special day at the Museum. In our “kávéház” environment, this Hungarian language program was well attended, and our guests were treated to a masterful presentation by Zoltán Csadi. Expertly researched, beautifully illustrated with videos and photographs of late 19th century and early 20th century Budapest and the theater life of the […]
On Saturday May 11th, our Spring Hungarian language program will concentrate on theater life in Budapest.
Join us on Saturday, May 11th at 2 p.m. for the last program in our Spring, 2024 lecture series! This program will be in Hungarian, and will be held at the Museum, located in the Galleria in Downtown Cleveland, Lower Level. The title of the Program: Theater life in Budapest from the turn of the […]
Soccer at the Museum
On Saturday afternoon, March 9th, Dr. John Gyékényesi gave a wonderful talk on how soccer developed locally in Cleveland starting in the 1950s. He described how soccer in Ohio became a force in the American soccer arena, and how the game was such a big part of Hungarian recreational life for both youth and adults […]